We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
433 of its 632 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Alberto Fujimori accounted for 309 of Peru's 433 stories about harm, carried by 338 outlets. 220 of Alberto Fujimori's 309 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
319 of its 862 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories). Food poisoning was named in 141 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
315 of its 443 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Kabul accounted for 200 of Afghanistan's 315 stories about harm, carried by 158 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
675 of its 3,185 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (25 stories). Hunger was named in 67 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
320 of its 413 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Power cuts were named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
162 of its 188 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Sanaa accounted for 113 of Yemen's 162 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (111 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
60 of its 72 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
118 of its 178 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tunis accounted for 111 of Tunisia's 118 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
62 of its 140 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
177 of its 381 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Vietnam (51 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); avalanche in Switzerland (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Zimbabwe (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Libya (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Mexico (30 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 Dec. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 27,881 stories about harm among 121,108 counted on 26 Dec.
Peru's news was 69% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%. For the second day running, the news turned to Peru. France's news mentioned food poisoning about 7 times as often as usual. 23 in every 100 of the day's 121,108 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
The day's biggest events: attacks, accidents and disasters, people displaced, protests, outbreaks. Bigger dot: more stories. Ranked by the share of the day's outlets that reported it and how clearly it was about one thing, the same way for every place and year; the news data does not say who attacked whom, so both sides of a war appear where the news put them. Click a dot for its stories.
Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
The words in the day's stories were harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?
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